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Jacques Duval fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

n.d., 1920-2016.

Reference:

R16109-0-6-E

Type of material:

Art, Photographs, Moving images, Textual material, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5099894

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Jacques Duval fonds
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Fonds includes:

4 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

n.d., 1920-2016.

Bilingual equivalent:

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Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

60 cm of textual records.
1457 photographs : 609 b&w and 242 col.; 549 negatives; 57 slides.
13 audio reels (ca. 5 hrs. 19 min).
15 videocassettes (ca. 11 hrs, 32 min, 30 sec.) : 9 VHS, 2 U-Matic S, 2 mini video cassettes, 2 Betacam.
2 film reels (21 min).
1 optical disc (1 hr, 57 min) : DVD.
4 drawings : 3 b&w and 1 col.
166.17 MB of photographs : 49 col. and 7 b&w.

Language of material:

French

Added language of material:

French, English, Russian

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Fonds consists of textual records, photographs, films, videos, and sound recordings that document the personal life and career of Jacques Duval in his professional endeavours as a radio host, as a music critic and journalist, as a racecar driver, and as an automotive journalist, including his work as creator and writer of the yearly automotive book "Le Guide de l'Auto". The fonds is comprised of 4 series: Personal life; Radio host and journalist; Racecar driver; Automotive journalist.

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Duval, Jacques, 1934-

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Duval, Jacques, 1934- : Jacques Duval was born in Lauzon (today Lévis), Québec in 1934. At the age of 17, he began his career as a radio announcer for CKVC Quebec, before becoming a radio show host and disc jockey for CKVL Verdun in 1954. At CKVL, Duval created shows such as "Le Club du disque canadien" which promoted the French Canadian music scene and its singers and music artists. He also wrote weekly columns in Montreal newspapers. In 1960, he moved to television where he hosted "33 tours", "Le monde en spectacle" et "Le Club du disque" at Télé-Métropole.

In addition to his career in radio and as a journalist, Jacques Duval's passion for automobiles led him to pursue automotive racing, in which he began participating in local events in Ontario and his native Québec in 1959. Between 1964 and 1971, he won five Quebec racecar championships. In 1967, Duval finished first at the Trois-Rivières Grand Prix. During his racing year, he participated in prestigious events such as the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Players 200 and the BOAC 500. Winner of more than 100 trophies, Duval's most notable victory was in the GT at the 24Hours of Daytona in 1971, where he shared driving duties of his Porsche 914-6 GT avec Georges Nicholas and Bob Bailey.

In 1960, Duval also started his automotive journalist career when he started writing columns for MacLean's magazine. In 1966, he created and hosted a weekly program on Radio Canada TV titled "Prenez le Volant", which had a successful eight-year run. In 1967, he published the first edition of "Le Guide de l'Auto", which became an annual best-seller in French Canada and cemented his his status as Quebec's leading specialist on automotive issues.

Duval left temporarily "Le Guide de l'Auto" in 1984 to become a consultant and spokesperson for Ford Canada. After nearly a decade working for Ford, he would later continue his work as a journalist writing automotive columns for publications such as La Presse and Le Journal de Montréal. From 1998 to 2004, he hosted a weekly televised version of his Guide on Canal Vox. In 2002, he co-hosted Prenez le volant 2 with Michel Barrette on TVA. In 2004, Canal Évasion relaunched the show with Duval as host.

In 2007, Duval published his autobiography titled "Jacques Duval : De Gilbert Bécaud à Enzo Ferrari". In 2010, he was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in recognition of his success as a racecar driver and his efforts to promote motorsports in his home province of Quebec. In 2011, he was presented with the Georges-Emile-Lapalme Award by the Quebec government for his outstanding contribution to the promotion and quality of the French language in Quebec.

Finding aid:

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Textual records, graphic material (Electronic) This finding aid describes volumes 1 to 12 at the file level. MSS2643 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003499.pdf

Sound recordings (Electronic) An item level description of the sound recordings and videos can be found in the MISACS database. (90: Open)

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General note:

Donated by Jacques Duval in 2018.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2018-00393-3
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic(photo): electronic

[Consultation90 Open]

Moving images (film)

[Consultation90 Open]

Moving images (video)

[Consultation90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Moving images (video): electronic

[Consultation90 Open]

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